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Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— After more than 30 years of consideration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized the listing of the rare bog buck moth as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. But the agency failed to designate any critical habitat for the moth, despite habitat protections being critical to the species’ survival.
For Immediate Release, May 5, 2021 Contact: Maya K. van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, 215-369-1188 x 102, keeper@delawareriverkeeper.org Delaware Urged to Ban Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles Unlimited Numbers of Snapping Turtles Can Currently Be Caught, Sold DOVER, Del.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Delaware Riverkeeper Network petitioned the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control today to end commercial collection of the state’s common snapping turtles. Under current state law, turtle trappers can legally col...
BRETT FRENCH A Mexican-based companyâs proposal to explore for gypsum along the base of the Pryor Mountains, if approved, could threaten a rare plant species â the thick-leaf bladder pod. Thatâs the contention of several conservation groups that have petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare the species threatened or endangered, thereby protecting its habitat from the project. The Bureau of Land Management issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for the four-acre drilling plan near Gyp Springs last year, meaning it didnât believe the work me...
For Immediate Release, March 11, 2021 Contact: Peter Lesica, Montana Native Plant Society, lesica.peter@gmail.com Dick Walton, Pryors Coalition, (406)-656-9064, info@PryorMountains.org Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Rare Montana Plant Thick-leaf Bladderpod Threatened by Gypsum Mining BILLINGS, Mont.— Conservation groups filed a petition today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the thick-leaf bladderpod under the Endangered Species Act. The rare plant is found in a small area of southern Montana’s Pryor Desert, where it is supposed ...